Work-To-Benefit Ratio
Posted by Sean on April 21, 2009
Time
Energy
Effort
Result
We all want the maximum benefit for our efforts. We don’t want to waste our time.
Let me put it in simple terms.
You want to lose weight. You want to improve your overall fitness profile. We all know one of the keys to accomplishing that is by burning calories. So what do we do? We perform some sort of exercise that gives us the maximum work-to-benefit ratio. You can either jog a mile or bang your head against a wall. Both activities burn calories (yes, banging your head does burn calories). But it’s obvious which one yields the maximum work-to-benefit results. Banging your head Jogging.
So why do we (the public) have to take this concept and warp it into something else?
It’s safe to say, that if we worked harder, we would benefit more. Right? No. Instead of having a society where we search for THE-VERY-BEST maximum work-to-benefit activities. We have the majority of society looking to cut as many corners as possible. Searching out the most convenient, quick and easy solutions to our ratio problem.
We have warped the concept into: How little can I do to reap the most benefits and rewards?
We all want the maximum benefit for our efforts. We don’t want to waste our time. And apparently we WANT more than we are willing to GIVE.
Sooner or later you have to work for everything. Work HARD and work SMART.
I want to thank Craig Ballantyne from Turbulence Training who inspired this post with his blog post.
Carpe Diem
Sean said
@ Latisha Thank You
@ runningwildly Way to go girl! I guess you’ll be doing that again!
Sean said
@ Latisha Thank You
@ runningwildly Way to go girl! I guess you’ll be doing that again!
runningwildly said
Great post. How true it is!!!!!!! There is nothing more to it than hard hard work. If only people could realize there is no magic pill. After my first child I had 55lbs pounds to lose. I did it after a year of hard work. Healthy choices and hard work.
runningwildly said
Great post. How true it is!!!!!!! There is nothing more to it than hard hard work. If only people could realize there is no magic pill. After my first child I had 55lbs pounds to lose. I did it after a year of hard work. Healthy choices and hard work.
Latisha said
People should read this.
Latisha said
People should read this.